Amphibians, Turtles & Reptiles of Nebraska
Common Five-lined Skink
Former Name: Five-lined Skink
Scientific Name: Plestiodon fasciatus
Former Scientific Name: Eumeces fasciatus
Family Name: Scincidae
Common Lesser Earless Lizard
Former Name: Lesser Earless Lizard
Scientific Name: Holbrookia maculata
Family Name: Phrynosomatidae
Great Plains Skink
Scientific Name: Plestiodon obsoletus
Former Scientific Name: Eumeces obsoletus
Family Name: Scincidae
Many-lined Skink
Scientific Name: Plestiodon multivirgatus
Former Scientific Name: Eumeces multivirgatus
Family Name: Scincidae
Northen Prairie Skink
Scientific Name: Plestiodon septentriontis
Former Scientific Name: Eumeces septentrionalis
Family Name: Scincidae
Northern Prairie Lizard
Former Name: Central Fence Lizard
Scientific Name: Sceloporus consobrinus
Former Scientific Name: Sceloporus undulates
Family Name: Phrynosomatidae
Short-horned Lizard
Scientific Name: Phrynosoma hermandesi
Former Scientific Name: Phrynosoma douglassii
Family Name: Phrynosomatidae
Six-lined Racerunner
Scientific Name: Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Former Scientific Name: Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Family Name: Teiidae
Slender Glass Lizard
Former Name: Western Slender Glass Lizard
Scientific Name: Ophisaurus attenautus
Family Name: Anguidae